Water-closet tank.



ILA. WULR, WATER OLOSETTANK. APPLICATION I'ILED MAY 20, 1910* 31401; for

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' Patnted Feb. 14,1911.

CHARLES A. WULF, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

WATER-CLOSET TANK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (ll-mums A. WU'LF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Nater-Closet Tank, of which the fol lowing a specification.

l n the erection of \\u.tteiL'-cl.o:-;ets, especially of that type wherein there is provided. a tank in which a flushing quantity of water is maintained in direct communication with city water mains, the tank is of considerable weight. In order to make proper piping connections between this tank and the stabvice mains it is found, in practice, that it is many times impossible to cut the piping into proper lengths at the first trial and the exact conditions cannot be deter-- mined except by assembling the piping, lifting the tank to position, discovering the al'nount ot error, removing the tank, and trying again. The consequence is that the erection of tanks of this kind has been the source of considerable difliculty and many plumbers have so seriously objected to the labor involved as to materially interfere with the commercial development of devices of this character. Difficulty is also experienced in a proper placing of the retaining members for the tank, it being heretofore customary to hold the tank in place against the wall by embracing straps which, if not properly relatively placed about the tank will be a disfigurement rather than an ornament. In such a mounting the major portion of the weight of the tank is sustained by the piping connections between the tank and the bowl and this is also objectionable because of the tendency to unbalance and overturn the bowl where the fastenings therefor are not substantial. It is also found that, while tanks of the desired character may be of comparatively light sheet steel, such tanks are not nearly so long lived as heavier cast iron tanks because it is very diiticult, and in factpractically impossible, to protect steel tanks against rust, while cast iron tanks may be very readily galvanized or enameled both inside and out, and, even though not galvanized or protected inside, such cast iron tanks are capable of witl'istanding rust for longer periods than steel.

The object of my present invention is, therefore, to produce a tank, and a cooperating mounting, of such form that the mount- UNITED sTATEsrATE'NT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

Serial No. 562,426.

ing may be readily placed upon the wall and the tank placed thereon, the construction. being such that the tank may be readily moved upon its support in such manner as to give free access to the space within which must be assembled the various piping members.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of a closet equipped with one of my improved tanks, and Fig. 2 a central vertical section.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the tank which, in the present case, is a hollow cast iron doughnut having in its rear face a central pocket or receptacle 11 adapted to receive a spud 13, of skeleton form or otherwise, carried by a bracket 13 which may be readily secured to the wall let. Any suitable means for retaining the tank upon the spud may be provided but I prefer to provide a plate 15, which may be very readily integral with the tank and this plate 15 is perforated centrally at 16 to permit the passage of a clamping screw 1? through the plate into the spud. This clan'iping screw 17 may very readily carry, at its outer end, a rubber butler button 18 against which the cover 19 may rest when in its upper open position. The tank 10 at one point in its circun'iference is provided with a fitting 21 which may be connected by coupling 22 with the flow pipe 28 of the bowl 2 1; The fitting 21 is provided at one side with an inflow pipe 25 to which is connected the supply piping 26, a valve being provided in said piping, as shown, for obvious reasons.

In use the bracket 13 may be immediately secured to the wall at a fixed distance from the floor and the tank may be immediately mounted thereon and loosely retained by the bolt 16. The distance between pipe 25 and the projecting end of the supply pipe may then be readily measured and the tank then be swung in the direction indicated by the arrow so as to withdraw the fitting 21 from its normal position and thus leave a free space for the ready mounting of the supply piping. As soon as this supply piping is in place the tank may be readily swung down to normal position and, if the supply piping is not properly proportioned, the tank may be readily swung back to give free space for the removal of the piping to permit recuting. By this arrangement it is only necessary to lift the tank into place once.

2. The combination of a Water-closet tank and a supporting bracket therefor, the said 15 tank having horizontal pivotal. connection with the bracket.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this sixth day of May, A. D. one thousand 20 nine hundred and ten.

CHARLES A. W ULF.

Witnesses ARTHUR M. H001), THOMAS W. MOMEANS. 

